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Nature Materials 3, 106–110 (1 February 2004) | doi:10.1038/nmat1061

Flexible active-matrix displays and shift registers based on solution-processed organic transistors

Gerwin H. Gelinck , H. Edzer A. Huitema , Erik van Veenendaal , Eugenio Cantatore , Laurens Schrijnemakers , Jan B. P. H. van der Putten , Tom C. T. Geuns , Monique Beenhakkers , Jacobus B. Giesbers , Bart-Hendrik Huisman , Eduard J. Meijer , Estrella Mena Benito , Fred J. Touwslager , Albert W. Marsman , Bas J. E. van Rens & Dago M. de Leeuw

At present, flexible displays are an important focus of research. Further development of large, flexible displays requires a cost-effective manufacturing process for the active-matrix backplane, which contains one transistor per pixel.